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noamnety

(20,234 posts) Fri Jun 28, 2013, 11:49 PM Jun 2013

It's the start of radish pod season

I've got maybe a couple dozen radish volunteers that came up this year, which means that I am picking approximately 5 thousand pods a day now. I can eat them fresh in salads. I can pickle them. I can have a few meals of them curried with potatoes and tomato from here: http://madteaparty.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/moongre-ki-sauzi-radish-pods/

That leaves about seven hundred thousand pods to deal with. Anyone here tried using them to make a sort of radish pod kimchi? Or roasted them?

What about shellacking them and making them into earrings?

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It's the start of radish pod season (Original Post) noamnety Jun 2013 OP

Oh Yum! The empressof all Jun 2013 #1

potato salad's not a bad idea noamnety Jun 2013 #3

Totally unfamiliar with them, but looks good for fresh salsa. Or diced in potato pancakes? pinto Jun 2013 #2

well, that was a rough estimate noamnety Jun 2013 #4

Yeah, use it as a dip or a glaze. Add brown sugar sometimes - that's my favorite blend. pinto Jun 2013 #5

The empressof all

(29,106 posts)

1. Oh Yum!

Reply to noamnety (Original post)

Sat Jun 29, 2013, 12:05 AM

Jun 2013

I have never seen them even in my fancy market. I bet some of the Asian supermarkets here might have them. We love Radish and I bet these would be right up our alley!

I'll make it my mission to find them and report back. I wonder how they would be mixed with green onion in potato salad? Do they need a more neutral flavoring like potato or yogurt to balance them out?

noamnety

(20,234 posts)

3. potato salad's not a bad idea

Reply to The empressof all (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 29, 2013, 12:11 AM

Jun 2013

They're a bit milder than radish roots so they don't need to be toned down too much, but they do have some bite. They'd be good maybe in egg salad too, now that I'm thinking about other salad possibilities.

pinto

(106,886 posts)

2. Totally unfamiliar with them, but looks good for fresh salsa. Or diced in potato pancakes?

Reply to noamnety (Original post)

Sat Jun 29, 2013, 12:11 AM

Jun 2013

Added to chicken / turkey stuffing? Potato soup? Blended with mustard and Worcestershire sauce for a beef topping?

(aside) 700,000 is a mess of pods...

noamnety

(20,234 posts)

4. well, that was a rough estimate

Reply to pinto (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 29, 2013, 12:29 AM

Jun 2013

It's unfortunate that my sour cherry trees are also ripening right now, I feel swamped in picking and pitting and jammifying those - I really don't need the pods ripening too! Last year I ended up doing a CL ad inviting random strangers over to pick them, it's just so overwhelming once they start.

Do you blend regular radishes with mustard and worcestershire? I've never heard of that.

pinto

(106,886 posts)

5. Yeah, use it as a dip or a glaze. Add brown sugar sometimes - that's my favorite blend.

Reply to noamnety (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 29, 2013, 12:40 AM

Jun 2013

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